Women of Substance met again tonight and this time we chose Gilardi’s Italian restaurant. We figured on a Monday night it would be relatively slow and quiet. Boy were we wrong!
The main dining room is closed while the floors are being refinished so we were in the side dining room which lacks the ambiance of the main area. The worst part was the noise. A family birthday was being celebrated so we had the grandparents (my age), the kids and then 4 bratty grandkids who could not sit still or stay quiet. Have these people not heard of babysitters?
The owner apologized and told us he’d been outside entertaining a couple of the kids part of the time to try to help the noise level – I appreciate what he did but I think the other kids just adjusted their voices to make up for the others being gone. We hoped he would offer a complimentary dessert to make up for our pain and suffering but he didn’t. 
After our discussion on our weight I guess we really didn’t need it.
If you’re sitting on the edge of your chair waiting to hear all our snippets of wisdom, here they are:
- Rock ‘n Ribs was featured in the Friday edition of the Wall Street Journal – it was one of the events featured on the page with the weekend weather.
- Vickie had some great eye candy at Rock ‘n Ribs and we agreed with her that the guy is darling – plus very sweet and nice.
- Robin bought a new purse for her sister Bobbi who is having a birthday soon. Her problem is that she likes the purse so much she wants to keep it but knows Bobbi really needs a new purse to replace the ugly one she carried on Easter. We’re betting Robin will do the right thing.
- Why do people who think it’s all about them not know it’s really all about US!
- The beet salad at Avanzare is better than the one at Gilardi’s.
- Metropolitan Grill is now closed at noon.
- Vickie and Robin think I should run for City Council – I say “no way”.
- I’m planning to attend the Show-Me Institute luncheon on Wednesday and will report back on what this independent think tank has to say.
- Hannah is now 15 but won’t study for her driver’s permit – and Vickie won’t take her for the exam until she studies. Until then, no driving.
- Hannah went to a slumber party recently and test messaged a friend who was sitting right next to her.
- Vickie liked watching Ron White on TV last night – he suggested the US take the naval base at Jacksonville, FL, sell the land to Israel because they already own most of Florida – then take that money and buy Mexico. We could send all the laborers back to Mexico to beautify it and then sell Mexico to Peru since they are flush with drug cash. Eventually Peru will default and we’ll get Mexico back. In the meantime, the border wall just keeps getting smaller until pretty soon we’re at the Panama Canal!
- I’ve been getting snide comments on my blog lately from someone who refuses to give their name and is known as “anonymous”. I have a pretty good idea of who it is. I do know they are a staunch Democrat and an intellectual snob!
- Anyone want a lovable border collie who loves to dig holes in yards? If so, see Robin!
- Vickie’s dad smelled of a combination of cigarette smoke, BBQ sauce, beer and Old Spice – and she recognized that scent on someone at Rock ‘n Ribs over the weekend!
- Don’t whiten your teeth any whiter than the whites of your eyes.
- If money were not an object, what plastic surgery would you have done? Robin wants liposuction, Vickie wants the bags under her eyes removed plus liposuction and I’ll just stay the way I am – fat and sassy.
- Alli – we know the side effects but it’s still tempting to 2/3 of our group as a weight loss measure.
That’s all folks. See you next month at J. Parrino’s as we continue eating our way through the Italian restaurants of Springfield.
Ha…. you are the best Anne. Love you both!
Vicks
Let me just re-emphasize how incredibly annoying those kids were… and how inconsiderate their parents were by not taking them outside….screams and screams… yikes.